The two are ending their HGTV hit show, "Fixer Upper," after its fifth season, coming this November.

"We need to catch our breath for a moment," the couple explained in their post. "Our plan is to take this time to shore up and strengthen the spots that are weak, rest the places that are tired, and give lots of love and attention to both our family and our businesses."

After their announcement, reports surfaced earlier this week that Chip and Joanna were leaving "Fixer Upper" over security concerns. An anonymous source told Us Magazine that, despite the couple's efforts to keep their children's privacy intact, "people drive by and like to take pictures in front of their house."

The Gaineses have previously talked about the importance of their family's privacy. In a conversation about the couple's four young children, Joanna told People in 2016: "They're so young and we want to give them the chance to have a normal childhood."

However, it turns out Chip and Joanna decided to leave "Fixer Upper" for exactly the reasons they laid out in their blog post, Entertainment Tonight (ET) first reported. "Chip and Jo's decision to leave Fixer Upper is truly just based on wanting to catch their breath for a minute; to rest, refresh, and spend even more time with their family and growing businesses," a representative for the Gaineses told ET.

The representative, who confirmed this statement in an email to INSIDER, continued: "It is not based on concerns for their family's safety or anything else people might read."

In fact, Chip and Joanna explicitly wrote in their initial announcement that their decision to end "Fixer Upper" had nothing to do with their family, marriage, "or anything else [their fans would] inevitably read."

It's a message the Gaineses have repeatedly shared over the past year. In April, Joanna debunked rumors that she was leaving HGTV with a blog post titled, "Don't believe everything you read." Three months later, she slammed rumors that she was leaving "Fixer Upper" to start her own skin care and makeup line.

"This is a SCAM!" Joanna wrote on Instagram. "We have nothing to do with it and have been trying to stop it for some time."

In August, Chip took to Twitter to shut down divorce rumors. In response to a fan who tweeted, "I'm so sick of these 'stories' claiming @joannagaines and @chippergaines breaking up," Chip replied: "Won't ever happen ... you can take that to the bank! #loveOfMyLife."

And in September, the couple laughed off the same rumors on NBC's "Today" show. It was the first time the two addressed the issue together.

Through it all, Chip and Joanna have always maintained that their family and marriage come first. "Jo and I both made a commitment pretty early on that the two of us are the most important variable," Chip told People in June. "If we can figure out how to be right as a couple, then obviously we a have a lot better opportunity to be right for our kids," he continued.

So while "Fixer Upper" may be ending, it sounds like Chip and Joanna are excited to start a new chapter in their lives, together as always.

"Our family is healthy and our marriage has honestly never been stronger," the couple assured fans in their blog post last week. "Who knows what the future holds," the couple added, "but we're excited for whatever is around the bend and in the meantime, we will definitely be staying in touch."